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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions From: paul@triton.demon.co.uk (Paul Medcalf) Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!wupost!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!demon!triton.demon.co.uk!paul Subject: Re: Dump of file systems Distribution: world Organization: Derepark Associates Reply-To: Paul@triton.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.21) Lines: 19 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1993 08:11:15 +0000 Message-ID: <739959075snz@triton.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Scott, I normally do a dump 0f /dev/nst0 for the first and second volumes, which correspond to root and /usr and then dump 0f /dev/st0 for the third. By specifying the no-rewind device for the first and second each is chained after the other on the same tape. In fact I have a backup script that really does the job, that is cronable, but these are the commands it uses. The tape is dat from an adaptec 1542c. Cheers, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mildenhall | paul@triton.demon.co.uk Suffolk | Derepark Associates, Prototyping & Design Consultants England | "Those views expresssed are my own etc etc.." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------